Announcement on the banning of Metz

[Dome]

As many of you already know, I banned Metz (Mastametz, SheriffMetz) from Allegiance indefinitely. I did so without consulting the @Alleg enforcement team or pkk. The ban resulted from a culmination of his hateful rhetoric that he has used to attack anyone who does not fall in line with his world view. Metz's hate does not discriminate; even his friends and squadmates have been subjected to numerous personal attacks. I could cite ROC violations as the reason for this ban, but his violations go beyond the rules of Allegiance; even after all these years Metz has proven himself incapable of abiding by the most basic tenets of civilization and respectful discourse.

Metz and I founded NI together, were able to carry on through struggles relating to our squad and Allegiance, and even met once in real life. Metz has no filter. This may work out for him in some instances, but throughout his Allegiance career it's got him into trouble. Personally, I feel like a hypocrite for not stepping in when I witnessed him attack many players throughout the years. I'm also a hypocrite because I have personally attacked some people in my time here, most notably Night, Drizzo, and more recently Metz himself. I am sorry that I did that and will continue to endeavor to grow as a rational, respectful human being.

I've only recently been given the power to use my judgement to enforce the rules of the game, and I take the charge seriously even though our player-base is so low. I did not plan on banning Metz. I did not want to ban Metz, but his lack of respect to me, someone I know he considered a friend was so over the line that he left me with no other recourse. As a community we can't let such bad behavior go on unchecked. I took it upon myself to make a judgement call to exercise the power given to me, and especially in light of his response, I'd do it again.

I made this post as a result of some concern I've received from a couple Allegiance members, and to give Masta a more concrete reason for his ban.

[djrbk]

I'm not about to be an advocate for Metz here, but I do have one little comment WRT his ban. Part of the list of reasons for his ban as per the Banlist included Incompetence. I'm sure you were just mad and listing off reasons why you're pissed at him (again I'm not advocating), but this sets a bad precedence, because there are often glaring displays of overwhelming incompetence seen in most games at one time or another. Most of the community would be banned by this point if incompetence bannings were enforced.

[mrc7463]

C'mon like it's an abuse of power. How many times you gonna beat a dead horse before you shoot it in the head again.

[cashto]

You absolutely did the right thing. Bravo for having the guts to do what should have been done years ago.

[Adaven]

Masta now has one of the rarest of titles as someone who has been perma-banned from the game twice.

I had a lot of good times with Masta over the years, as well as some frustrations. I can't say I'm entirely surprised, but wish you both luck in your future endeavors.

[firestorm]

[ryujin]

QUOTE (Adaven @ Jun 24 2014, 07:45 PM) Masta now has one of the rarest of titles as someone who has been perma-banned from the game twice.

lol
might be my new sig

[Archangelus]

"perma-banned twice" this sounds totally odd.

[FazzBumm]

You did everything right, it should have been done years ago. Then probably some players would have stayed.

[_xJammer_]

The thing that concerns me most is that while the ban may be right, the way and the reason behind it this time around goes against the idea of what enforcement should be.

It was an impulse decision by Dome, based on his personal views against what Metz has been doing for years now (since his amnesty) and only prompted by personal attack on himself. The message that it sends is that you are allowed to bark at any trees you like in this community, as long as you dont touch the select few.